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James Nash

Poet

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June is Busting Out All Over – ‘Notes of Your Music’ Launch

June is Busting Out All Over – ‘Notes of Your Music’ Launch

at 6pm on 17th June at The Leeds Library. I’m feeling slightly skittish, with my…
Blog postJune 4, 2025
May writing

May writing

David, my partner and an accomplished artist, asked if I might write some lines to…
Blog postMay 3, 2025
Desert prayer for April Twenty Twenty Five – sonnet from America

Desert prayer for April Twenty Twenty Five – sonnet from America

The night-time desert is a silent prayerOnly an animal rustle nearby;Their brightness a billion miles…
Blog postApril 1, 2025
March Twenty Twenty Five

March Twenty Twenty Five

In my last post I mentioned editing and redrafting, essential steps in the journey of…
Blog postMarch 13, 2025
Sitting in the Town Square in Antequera

Sitting in the Town Square in Antequera

It sometimes takes several months after editing and preparing a new collection before I find…
Blog postFebruary 5, 2025

About

I’m a writer, poet and teacher based in Leeds.

I spend much of my week working from home or in schools, libraries and other venues within Yorkshire. But as Leeds is a city with great travel connections, there aren’t many parts of the country I can’t get to and back within the day.

I travel by train, bus and taxi. This suits me. I have time to write, to read and to observe the world.

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